A new Wall Street Journal poll on the 2024 presidential race shatters much of the conventional wisdom about the political state of play.
Donald Trump.
Even electability wasn't a significant advantage for DeSantis: Just 41% of GOP primary voters believe DeSantis would have the better chance of beatingThe poll also suggests Trump has a path to victory against Biden, despite the former president's considerable baggage. It found that Biden's unfavorability rating is exactly the same as Trump's . Nearly half of voters view both the current and former president "very unfavorably.
But DeSantis' small general election advantage isn't helping him in the Republican primary. After leading Trump by 14 points in a head-to-head test last December, he now trails Trump by 13 points .The other important finding from the poll that runs against the conventional narrative is that Biden's disapproval rating isn't quite as bad as it looks at the surface level.
Biden leads Trump by a whopping 39-point margin among voters who disapprove of how both men have handled the office of president.released Sunday indicated that a majority don't want a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024.
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